joining us from applied technology. accent.eeded a northern nice work. >> we will be joined by robert skidelsky talking the autumn statement, next. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse," live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. here are the top headlines. ukraine's opposition will hold talks with president viktor yanukovych's party after more than 20,000 people joined protest against his rejection of a european union trade pacts. protesters have set up calls for the administration to resign. executives from europe's biggest banks under pressure to surrender their bonuses. yesterday, six banks were fined 1.7 billion euros for manipulating benchmark interest rates. the european commission's antitrust fines were sanctioned ing two $6igg billion. george osborne gives the autumn statement, the end of your financial update to parliament. it is focusing on balancing the books as britain' recovery. >> let's talk more about the statement. i am joined by the bush economic historian and member of the house of lords, rob